November 16-17, 2000

ITEM
109-1601-R1100 ††††† Authorization to Accept
the Roe House from the Western Montana College Foundation to Western Montana
College of The University of Montana; Western Montana College of The University
of Montana

THAT:††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† The Board of Regents of Higher Education authorizes
Western Montana College of The University of Montana to accept the gift of the
Roe House from the Western Montana College Foundation.††††††††

EXPLANATION:††††††††††††††††† On
January 30, 1998, Board of Regentsí Item 98-1601-R0198 authorized the lease of
a portion of the WMC-UM campus to the Western Montana College Foundation for
the purpose of locating an historical building.† On the 20th day of May, 1998, President George Dennison of The
University of Montana, Commissioner Richard Crofts of the Montana University
System, WMC-UM Chancellor Sheila Stearns and Western Montana College Foundation
officials signed a Roe House Lease and Purchase Option Agreement† (copy attached).† That document defined the terms and conditions for the use of the
Roe House as well as its occupancy and possible future ownership transfer to
the College.† The duration of the
agreement is ten years from the date of execution.

The
Western Montana College Foundation is offering immediate ownership of the Roe
House to the College pursuant to the condition that the Foundation be entitled
to occupy, rent free, up to 2,400 square feet of the available 4,800 square
feet of the Roe House.†† The Roe House
has undergone complete renovation, including electrical, plumbing, heating,
fire alarm, 40-year roof, storm windows, furniture, and floor coverings.† Custodial allocation is one janitor, one
hour per day.† The Roe House occupants
are the Chancellor, Executive Assistant, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs,
Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement, Program Assistant and student
workers.

As
the project work leading to the relocation and total renovation of the Roe
House is complete and its administrative use by the College has been
implemented, agreement has been reached between the Foundation and the College
for an expedited transfer of ownership.